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DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Markram makes hay when the sun shines Azharuddin is HCA president Leads his team to a clean sweep in the elections Bavuma serves notice of his skills; bad light brings early end to day’s proceedings Special Correspondent SA IN INDIA Zubayr Hamza lbw on the VIZIANAGARAM shuffle, Markram and Temba Former India captain Mo­ V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Bavuma served a reminder of hammad Azharuddin was VIZIANAGARAM their potential to counter the not only elected president of Aiden Markram made the Indian bowlers in conditions Hyderabad Cricket Associa­ most of the chance to bat to alien to them and also on a tion on Friday but also led score his second century on very hot and humid day. his team to a clean sweep in this tour (100 retired hurt) Bavuma showed his ability the elections held at the Ra­ and take South Africa to 199 to adjust to the pace and jiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyde­ for four at close of the second bounce of the pitch with his rabad on Friday. day’s play against Board Pre­ confident back­foot play. Azhar polled 147 votes sident's XI at the Dr. PVG Ra­ Markram, meanwhile, was compared to his nearest riv­ ju Sports Complex here on confidence personified, not al Prakash Chand Jain’s 73. Friday. hesitating to use his feet A delighted Azhar, in a Bad light stopped play im­ against the spinners. He was chat with The Hindu, said: “I mediately after captain Faf especially harsh on Jadeja — sincerely thank all those du Plessis was trapped leg carting him for a couple of who supported me and also before by left­arm spinner sixes over long­on. He also my panel members in this Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 90 managed to pick the gaps on election. They have done minutes before the sche­ the offside off the pacers with their job and the onus is on duled close of play. superb timing. us to implement each and The scores: every promise we made be­ Delayed start South Africa — 1st innings: Ai­ fore the election.” After a wet outfield delayed den Markram (retd. hurt) 100, New innings: A victorious Mohammad Azharuddin after the the start, action finally began Dean Elgar c Panchal b Umesh Top priority elections. * PTI just after noon and opener 6, Theunis de Bruyn lbw b Porel “My top priority is to im­ Markram was off the blocks 6, Zubayr Hamza lbw b Jadeja prove cricket and the wel­ members is to revive the old fiefdom of a few. I assure in a hurry, dispatching fast 22, Temba Bavuma (batting) 55, fare of the players. As a glory of Hyderabad cricket,” everyone that a new phase bowler Umesh Yadav for Faf du Plessis lbw b Jadeja 9; player I am aware what ex­ he said. of cricket administration will three fours in his second Extras (lb­1): 1. Total (for four actly the players look for “I promise that we will be ushered in in HCA,” Az­ wkts. in 50 overs): 199. over. In good nick: Aiden Markram notched up his second century on this tour, coming up with a from the Association and I not be confined to mere pro­ har concluded. Fall of wickets: 1­23, 2­33, 3­ Relishing the ball coming calculated assault. * K.R. DEEPAK promise them that I will not mising but will deliver the 78, 4­199. The HCA office­bearers: on to him, the in­form open­ disappoint them,” Azhar goods. You will all see the Board President's XI bowling: President: Mohd. Azharuddin; er was more comfortable and smen hurry onto the back­ paw Elgar and forcing him to and the bowler responded in said. change in how the HCA will Umesh Yadav 7­0­31­1, Shardul Vice­president: K. John Manoj; confident than a hesitant foot with a far more accurate snick to gully. style. Thakur 10­3­34­0, Ishan Porel “Yes, this huge win is a big be run in the coming days. I Secretary: R. Vijayanand; Joint­ Dean Elgar. line. It was interesting to see Though Theunis de Bruyn 6­1­11­1, Avesh Khan 10­1­ responsibility on me and I have always believed that a secretary: Naresh Sharma; Umesh's new­ball partner However, it was Umesh captain Rohit Sharma check was trapped in front by pacer 44­0, Jalaj Saxena 7­1­26­0, make it clear that I will take cricket association has to be Treasurer: Surinder Kumar Shardul Thakur was more who provided the first break­ with Umesh whether he was Ishan Porel and Jadeja struck Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 10­1­ everyone with me, as the in­ run in a professional man­ Agarwal; Councillor: P. Anurad­ impressive, making the bat­ through, squaring up south­ happy with the slip cordon with his second ball to have 52­2. tention of the majority of the ner and not like a personal ha. Karachi’s Women’s squads retained Jabir in 400m hurdles semifinals return as ODI host delayed for West Indies tour Dharun misses out; Sreeshankar flops in long jump Press Trust of India place in the T20 side. She failed to qualify for the final. tional coach for long jumpers Agence France-Presse New Delhi had failed to open her ac­ The 20­year­old had a best who has taken a long break, Karachi The Indian women’s team count in the series opener of 7.62m in the second of his from Romania. The opening day­night in­ selectors on Friday named against South Africa. three­jump qualification se­ Only one jumper, Cuban ternational between Pakis­ unchanged squads for the The squads: Stan Rayan ries, after opening with 7.52, world leader Juan Miguel tan and Sri Lanka was ODI and T20 series in the ODIs: Mithali Raj (Captain), KOCHI and failed to make the quali­ Echevarria, made the auto­ washed out without a ball West Indies beginning No­ Harmanpreet Kaur (vice­cap­ Asian bronze medallist M.P. fication standard of 8.15m. matic qualification mark with being bowled due to heavy vember 1 in Antigua. tain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemi­ Jabir qualified for the men’s He finished 12th in his group 8.40m. Next best was Olym­ rain on Friday, depriving Only Sushma Verma has mah Rodrigues, Deepti Shar­ 400m hurdles semifinals, fin­ and 22nd overall. pic champion Jeff Henderson ma, Punam Raut, D Hemalatha, Karachi of hosting its first been added to the 16­mem­ Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pan­ ishing third in his heat in “I felt weak, my body was with 8.12. ODI in 10 years. ber ODI squad for the three­ dey, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Ya­ 49.62s, at the World athletics not reacting well. There were With just one jumper mak­ Umpires called off the match series. India had dav, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari championships in Doha on also problems with my ap­ ing the qualification cut, the match as there were pools picked a 15­member squad Gayakwad, Taniya Bhatia Friday. proach, my rhythm was bad, best 12 were picked for the fi­ of water around the out­ for the home ODI series (wicket­keeper), Priya Punia, However, A. Dharun, re­ I didn’t know what I was do­ nal. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD field with the pitch and ad­ against South Africa begin­ and Sushma Verma. turning from a long injury ing,” Sreeshankar told The DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD joining area covered. ning in Vadodara on Octob­ T20Is: Harmanpreet Kaur break, was sixth in his heat in Hindu from the Qatari Indians in action today The remaining two ODIs er 9. (Captain), Smriti Mandhana 50.55s and failed to make it. Capital. will be played in Karachi The same T20 side that is (vice­captain), Jemimah Ro­ Meanwhile, a few days Bedrosian felt that Sreesh­ B Women's 100m, heats on Sunday and hosting South Africa at the drigues, Shafali Verma, Har­ ago, Romanian Bedros Be­ ankar should have been sent (Dutee Chand, 7 p.m.) leen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Ta­ Wednesday. moment will take on the drosian had predicted a for stronger meets prior to B Men’s 400m hurdles, niya Bhatia (wicket­keeper), semifinals (M.P. Jabir, 8.35 A tropical depression in West Indies in the five­ Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, 7.70m for long jumper M. the Worlds. “He lacks expe­ p.m.) the Arabian sea, around match series beginning No­ Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Pa­ Sreeshankar in the Worlds rience. And the headwinds which Karachi is situated, vember 9 in St. Lucia. til, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vas­ Moving ahead: M.P. Jabir finishes third in the 400m hurdles and the Indian National re­ were a big problem for B 4x400m mixed relay, has caused intermittent Fifteen­year­old Shafali trakar, Mansi Joshi, and Arund­ heat, won by Norway’s Kartsen Warholm, to progress to the cord holder (with 8.20m) Sreeshankar today since he semifinal (10.30 p.m.) rains for the last five days. Verma has retained her hati Reddy. semifinals to be held on Saturday. * REUTERS was a shade behind that as he has a 67kg body,” said the na­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Bulls snap winless streak India ends up with the Three more gold for India Surmount U Mumba’s challenge wooden spoon Host finishes with a record haul of 52 medals N. Sudarshan BENGALURU Relegated from Division­A after loss to the Philippines India finished with a record tally of 52 medals (15 golds, ASIA CUP any department of the Allen 15, Ezi Magbegor 13, Cayla 19 silvers, 18 bronzes), 12 bet­ game. This disparity was George 12, Steph Talbot 11, Sara ter than the previous best at Ashwin Achal highlighted in the big group Blicavs 10) bt Chinese Taipei 51 Tashkent, 2017, as the swim­ Bengaluru stage defeats to Japan, Chi­ (Wei Chen 11, Ling Huang 11). ming competitions at 10th India suffered relegation nese Taipei and Korea. 7th place playoff match: Phi­ Asian Age Group champion­ lippines 92 (Ana Alicia Castillo from the elite Division­A of ship drew to a close at the Pa­ India entered the must­ 15, Janine Pontejos 18, Ria Joy the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup win match against Philip­ Nabalan 13, Kelli Hayes 11, dukone­Dravid Centre for basketball tournament, after pines with a slight size ad­ Gemma Miranda 11) bt India 78 the Sports Excellence here a 92­78 loss to the Philip­ vantage, but even that was (P.U. Naveenatha 15, Shireen Li­ on Friday. pines in the 7th­place playoff nullified as the gritty Filipi­ maye 23, H.M. Bhandavya 12, Srihari Nataraj (200m here on Friday. nos comfortably won the re­ Jeena Skaria 10) backstroke, 2:04.25), Virdha­ Double joy: Divya Satija set a new National mark on her way to Surging ahead: Star raider Pawan Sehrawat top scored for The wooden spoon finish bound battle 51­39. Semifinal line­up (Saturday): wal Khade (50m butterfly, a bronze medal in the 50m butterfly event. * SUDHAKARA JAIN

* Japan v Australia; China v Ko­ Bengaluru Bulls. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT also meant that India will Australia and Korea 24.22) and the men’s rea. not feature in the FIBA Pre­ sealed semifinal berths with 4x200m relay team (7:41.06) in Doha and Singapore. In 7:41.06, 2. Thailand 7:49.94, 3. gap to 12 points. Qualifying Olympic tourna­ swelled India’s gold tally on those, we expect them to Chinese Taipei 8:05.95. PKL victories over Chinese Taipei We lacked From 19­31, however, ment. and New Zealand. <> the final day, while S. Siva peak.” Women: 200m backstroke: 1. UTHRA GANESAN aggression and Yamsuan Fonpray (Tha) Mumba began chipping The home team needed to The results: Quarterfinals: Ko­ finished a creditable second He singled out the junior JAIPUR mentality. The 2:20.69, 2. Maana Patel 2:22.87, away. Abhishek Singh was win this playoff to retain its rea 58 (Yuh An Youm 10, Lee­ to Srihari and Maana Patel swimmers for praise, despite Bengaluru Bulls broke its the star, coming away with a elite Division­A spot, but moment we trail, we secured the silver in 200m Shoan Ganguly being the 3. Soubrity Mondal 2:23.99; seul Kang 13, Hyeyoon Bae 13) 200m breaststroke: 1. Pawa­ winless streak and moved point in each of his four found the speedy Filipinos lose focus backstroke. bt New Zealand 52 (Penina Da­ lone gold medallist and India potako Phiangkhwan (Tha) Shireen up to fourth spot with a 35­ raids. too hot to handle. Point vidson 12); Australia 90 (Bec The day also saw Divya Sa­ not winning a single medal 2:34.27, 2. Vu Thi Phuong Anh 33 win against U Mumba on Surinder Singh stepped guard Marizze Andrea (8 as­ tija set a new National record in Group II girls category. (Vie) 2:34.86, 3. Lam Hiu Wai Friday but not before the up in the defence to keep sists) ran circles around the in 50m butterfly, the only In­ He admitted that the gulf (Hkg) 2:38.84; 50m butterfly: latter took the fight to the Mumba in the hunt. Six mi­ Indians, and regularly found dian best timing in the Open between India and Asian po­ 1. Srisa Ard Jenjira (Tha) 27.18, 2. defending ProKabaddi nutes later, Bengaluru was her open teammates in the category at this competition. werhouses like Thailand, Khader Baqlah Talita (Jor) League champion. all out and the lead down to lane. With a swim of 28.27, she China and Japan was signifi­ 28.22, 3. Divya Satija 28.27 (NR; From being 12 points four points at 28­32. It was Shooting guards Anna erased her own mark of cant, but remained OR: Divya Satija, 28.33, 2019); down in the 29th minute further reduced to two Castillo (15 points), skipper 28.33 set at the senior Na­ optimistic. 4x200m freestyle: 1. Thailand 8:36.16, 2. Hong Kong 9:06.45, and Bengaluru’s star raider points with two minutes to Janine Pontejos (18 points) tionals earlier this month. “For many of them, it was 3. India 9:15.87. Pawan Sehrawat picking up go and remained there des­ and Ria Nabalan (13 points) “All my focus was on this the first international event," 4x100 mixed medley: 1. Thai­ points at will, Mumba al­ pite Mumba’s best attempts. were deadly from beyond meet as this was my first in­ he stated. "It was great expo­ land 4:01.22, 2. India 4:04.15, 3. most clawed back, thwarted The final match saw 11th­ the arc, helping the visitor ternational competition,” Di­ sure. They swam some great Hong Kong 4:07.21. only by the clock running placed Telugu Titans, led by sink 13 three­pointers. vya said later. “I was very ex­ races. There was tough com­ Other Indian medallists: Group down. spirited Siddharth Desai, India did cut the lead to cited and gave my best shot. I petition in those groups. We I boys: 200m breaststroke: 3. Both teams though re­ spoil home side Jaipur Pink just one point in the third wasn’t nervous. I wanted to got about 25 personal bests Swadesh Mondal 2:23.43; main in the top­six and en Panthers’ party with a 51­31 quarter, but could do little know what it felt like to be re­ from those age groups. Group II boys: 100m back­ route to the playoffs. win. The result ruined once the Philippines shoo­ presenting India. I still have a That's a great sign of stroke: 3. Sahil Laskar 1:01.46; An all out with 16 seconds Panthers’ chances of enter­ ters got into the groove. Shi­ lot to improve. If I can get improvement.” 4x100m mixed medley: 3. to go in the first half — Sehra­ ing the top­five. reen Limaye (23 points) was better on my starts, I can go The results: Men: 200m back­ 4:16.04. wat claiming a three­pointer The scores: once again India’s top faster.” stroke: 200m: 1. Srihari Nataraj Best Swimmers: Open: Men: — cost Mumba dear and with Bengaluru Bulls 35 (Pawan performer. National Coach Pradeep 2:04.25s, 2. S. Siva 2:05.23, 3. Kushagra Rawat (5 golds); Wo­ the score at 11­17, the former Sehrawat 11, Banty 6, Saurabh Kumar termed the overall Lau Shiu Yue (Hkg) 2:07.68; men: Junkrajang Natthanan winner kept playing chase Nandal 5) bt U Mumba 33 Big disparity performance as satisfactory 200m breaststroke: 1. Denis (Tha) (5 gold, 1 bronze). thereafter. (Abhishek Singh 10, Athul MS Overall, the tournament ex­ despite no swimmer reach­ Petrashov (Kyz) 2:13.81, 2. Ketin Group 1: Boys: Cheuk Ming Ho 9, Sandeep Narwal 4). Nuttapong (Tha) 2:14.31, 3. Al (Hkg) (4 gold, 2 bronze); Girls: The six­point margin re­ posed the gulf in quality bet­ ing the Olympic A­mark. Telugu Titans 51 (Siddharth Wir Amro Basil Issa (Jor) Lyu Dongze (Chn) (2 gold, 1 sil­ mained constant before a Desai 22, Rajnish 11, Farhad Mi­ ween India and the top con­ “It was always going to be 2:17.20; 50m butterfly: 1. Vird­ ver, 1 bronze). Group 2: Boys: two­pointer by Banty set the laghardan 4) bt Jaipur Pink tinental nations. Speed, tough as the senior Nationals hawal Khade 24.22, 2. Kham Okadome Yomato (Jpn) (3 ball rolling for a second Panthers 31 (Deepak Hooda 12, physical play, set plays, was very close," he said. "We Abdul Razzaq (Kuw) 24.64, 3. gold); Girls: Fujinawa Yuka Mumba all out in the 26th Nilesh Salunke 5, Deepak Nar­ shooting efficiency — India Lone bright spot: Shireen Limaye, right, in action in the didn’t have much time. We Mehdi Ansari (Irn) 24.77; (Jpn), Sasaki Miri (Jpn), Lau minute and increasing the wal 4). was not an equal terms in relegation match against the Philippines. * K. MURALI KUMAR are focusing on a few meets 4x200m freestyle: 1. India Ping Yi Audrey (Hkg) (3 gold).

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